RECENT NEWS

A care home in Bromley, south east London, has been rated 'inadequate' after an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.

Work has started on the development of a brand new 70 bed care home on Stafford Road in Lichfield, which will bring much-needed care services and job opportunities to the area.

A Retail Charity Bond for Greensleeves Care has closed after less than a week, having raised £33 million.

WCS Care’s commitment to effective leadership and management has received national recognition after the team picked up a prestigious award.

Care home operator, Harnoop Atkar, has been named ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ in a national awards ceremony at the House of Commons.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has sold a site with planning permission for a new 66 bedroom care home to LNT Care Developments on behalf of Fairview New Homes.

The British Geriatrics Society has welcomed the announcement in the Chancellor’s Budget Statement that the Government will be publishing a Green Paper this year on the future financing of social care.

Millennium Care Group is celebrating after all six of its Lancashire care homes were awarded ‘good’ ratings by the Care Quality Commission.

Following a public consultation last year, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has outlined the fees that providers of health and adult social care in England will be charged from April 2017 to recover the costs of their regulation.

While assistive technology has rapidly developed in recent years, an exhibition and conference at the University of Cumbria that brought together industry and care providers heard how advances could hold the key to meeting the demand for better care in the future.

Barchester Healthcare has chosen to partner with Hart Learning & Development (Hart L&D) to meet their apprenticeship requirements in a deal signed on the first day of National Apprenticeship Week 2017.

Clegg Construction has won a second multi-million pound contract with a care home provider.

Alison O’Sullivan, a former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services and former director of children’s, adults and social services at Kirklees and Bradford, has been appointed as the new chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).

A new luxury care home being constructed in Woking is utilising Durapipe HTA pipework for the domestic hot and cold water services.

Geberit Sigma and Geberit Omega frames and flush plates have added style and functionality to the washrooms at Bentley House, an award winning care home in Hertfordshire.

One of the country’s most innovative care providers is celebrating after being recognised at the highest possible level with a nomination for a prestigious award.

Infection control company, Bio-Rite, has announced it has extended its services to Scotland; Simon Grey and Graeme Sim who run Bio-Rite for Scotland now offer a range of decontamination services to hospitals and care homes throughout the region.

A care provider that failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment has been ordered to pay £82,429.72 in fines and costs by Liverpool Magistrates’ Court.

A care provider which had failed repeatedly to comply with national standards, relating to the assessment and monitoring of the quality of service they provided, has been issued with a fine totalling £4,000 by the Care Quality Commission

Greenbanks Nursing Home in Liphook, Hampshire, has been purchased by care provider Kindred Care, which operates throughout the south east of England.